George Jones

Rich blue paper gives a somber and nocturnal cast to this watercolor

view of the mouth of the River Exe in Devon. Against this cool

background, the beach and the surface of the sea blend together in a

white swath of moonlight, punctuated by the shadowy form of a twomasted

boat, likely either a cargo vessel or a small warship. George

Jones executed many intimate landscape studies in this manner, using

techniques learned either from his father, a prolific mezzotint engraver,

or from his early studies at the Royal Academy.